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With it’s season 6 premiere, it’s the beginning of the end for Lost . Once this is over, I’m not sure what’s going to replace the infuriating mysteries or the rampant speculation of what really happened on the island. Where am I going to find my serial fix? The closest thing out there to Lost isn’t necessarily on TV; it’s in video games, more specifically the Mass Effect series. Harping more on the points made in my review last week, here are three reasons why Mass Effect is like Lost.

1. The continuity. Both game and TV series are sticklers for long involved stories that click across a broader timeline. In Mass Effect, that’s done through multiple games where actions have consequences that reverberate throughout the series. In Lost, that continuity goes through multiple seasons, eras and now realities. I suppose Mass Effectdoes have its own alternate realities, but that’s dependent on how fans play their Cmdr. Shepard. One Mass Effect universe may have Rachni still living while another may have them extinct. To get multiple realities in Lost, all you have to do is blow a hydrogen bomb with a rock. The interesting thing is that the alternate realities in Lost replace the flashbacks/flashforwards in the previous seasons.